Chapter 207: Transforming Community Experience (XVI)
Eyeball Sushi Varieties: Food
[Absorbable 30%, Effects: Reaction +4, Immunity +3]
[Side effects: Unknown. Perhaps you'll only know if you try it yourself.]
The identification skill, which had become useless and played no role in this dungeon, was automatically cast when Tang Xinjue's mind suddenly moved as the guide said the answer.
At the same time, the properties of countless foods came into view.
Increase...strength?
The smoke in the air became heavier and heavier. Tang Xin Jue used his mental power to try to disperse it , but unexpectedly, the smoke began to grow wildly as if it had been nourished by something.
“…”
She pulled out the toilet plunger.
Instantly, the smoke dissipated. The toilet plunger, designed to ward off evil spirits, suddenly improved its air circulation. The area around the plunger, in particular, seemed to cool down considerably.
The roommate's voice finally came through the fog:
"Why do I feel like all this food is filled with yin energy, including this street..." Guo Guo spun around in place , hands covering his temples, his eyes wandering as he muttered, "Is my yin-yang vision acting up again?"
"Even with ordinary eyes, they look eerie."
Zheng Wanqing looked around vigilantly.
They didn't seem to notice that the smoke had just separated Tang Xinjue. Even Zhang You was just standing in front of a stall, looking thoughtful.
Tang Xinjue walked back to the three of them. In stark contrast to the usual chill of the ghostly space, the surroundings were filled with the warm, steaming warmth of the food court.
The only coldness in the world seemed to be concentrated on the toilet plunger in his hand.
The handle of the bone became even colder, as if reminding people of something.
"These foods can enhance our fifth-dimensional attributes."
Tang Xin Jue spoke and showed the feedback given by the identification skill to everyone.
Eyeball sushi boosts immunity and reflexes, raw thighs increase health, and even a heart burner boosts luck. The food court is overflowing with options , and there's nothing these "delicacies" can't offer, except for their imaginations.
"Wait, this [BBQ Finger] can restore limbs lost in accidents?"
Guo Guo's eyes suddenly lit up, and he pulled Zheng Wanqing and pointed to a stall.
Zheng Wanqing frowned deeply after just one look and shook her head decisively: "No, I think it's fine now."
Even if she lost both arms, she would never eat something that looked no different from a human hand!
Guo Guo hesitated. "But maybe it's just some pasta that looks like a human hand? Just like the fried chicken strips we used to eat, many of them didn't have chicken in them."
Zhang You turned his head slightly and adjusted his glasses: "Will you paint nail polish on things made of flour?"
Guo Guo: “…”
It's not just fingers. Looking at the entire street, even on the most normal-looking food, you can find some clues related to "people".
This also made them feel more and more alienated, and they just wanted to leave as soon as possible.
The guide behind him said, "As the saying goes, don't judge a book by its cover, and that applies to delicious food as well. If you give up the opportunity to improve your skills simply because of something outwardly unpleasant, you might regret it later."
Tang Xin Jue: "If the improvement in strength you mean is cannibalism, then this kind of evolution may not be something humans can enjoy."
The guide shook his head, "No. These products are not the same as the guests', so how can they be cannibalized?"
The girl didn't turn around, the toilet plunger handle in her hand carelessly brushing against the edge of the food stall. In her peripheral vision, the previously empty and peaceful stall suddenly twitched, as if a frame had been lost.
She paused, not moving forward. The stall's twitching became increasingly noticeable. The ordinary, meter-long wooden platform gradually began to wriggle backward, like some twisted mass, centered around the toilet plunger.
From an overall visual perspective, this scene is like a normal picture placed in Meitu XiuXiu, which is roughly pushed and pulled inward using the face-pushing function, ultimately making the entire picture more and more abstract and bizarre.
The guide was silent for a moment, then finally spoke up: "Sir, even if the deal doesn't go through, there's still a sense of righteousness. Please don't threaten our vendors."
"Stall owner?"
Tang Xin Jue then raised his eyes, his brows raised. "I thought this was a deserted street with vending machines. Since there are sellers, why don't you come out and meet me?"
"Student, the sellers have never hidden themselves. They have been right in front of you from the beginning to the end."
As the guide's gentle voice drifted on, the air on the street seemed to grow stagnant and slow. Tang Xinjue paused, then turned to look ahead, only to see his roommate still walking ahead, oblivious. Guo Guo occasionally reached out to touch the food on the stall, oblivious to the conversation behind him.
But she had been standing there for a long time.
According to their normal walking speed, the three of them should have walked a long distance, instead of still maintaining a gap of several meters, yet seemed to be separated by two spaces.
Tang Xinjue stroked the handle of his weapon, his gaze drifting to the densely packed stalls on both sides of the street.
In theory, the guides wouldn't lie. There were no extra figures at the stalls, either the "sellers" themselves were invisible to them, or...
A guess suddenly came to her mind, and she suddenly said:
“In a casino, can sellers sell themselves?”
"That's a good question." Although standing behind everyone, the tour guide still maintained a smile.
"It's hard to have a universal answer, but if it's in a food court, my answer is... yes."
The absurd scene was buttoned up and pulled back to the cold ground, with a burst of steam rising after cooling down.
Tang Xinjue thought that she should have seen it earlier.
If this instance didn't restrict her mental strength, she would have realized the truth much earlier, including but not limited to—
The sellers of these foods are the foods themselves.
That's why the spiritual power can feel such a strong sense of weirdness and strangeness, that's why they react so violently to the toilet plunger, that's why they are shaped like humans, but the tour guide firmly denies that they are cannibals.
The ghost cut himself into pieces and sold them, which really has nothing to do with cannibalism.
...In the dungeon, it wouldn't be surprising if even the most abnormal things happened.
Because the game is perversion itself.
She continued walking forward as if she hadn't heard anything, but the guide didn't seem to be willing to let them go so easily. Instead, he continued to recommend:
"Are you really not going to try one? It will become the casino's most classic and timeless gift. A part of the vendor will enter the customer's body forever as they eat it, merging with you all. What a wonderful work of art..."
"Your appreciation of art is still so unique."
Facing Tang Xin Jue's cold words, the guide kept smiling:
“It’s not just art, it’s also the source of this city’s endless vitality.”
Sometimes a word appears like a drop of water falling into boiling oil.
When Tang Xin Jue turned around abruptly, the light voice had disappeared. Instead, a terrifying distortion suddenly descended from above.
"Then maybe you'll change your mind."
Countless greed, desire, and the cold, venomous gazes and temptations that spewed forth poisonous tongues rushed towards him, descending directly from his sea of consciousness, leaving him unable to move.
For a moment, another completely different world that she had never seen before appeared before her.
From a food perspective.
